Another Bottom 10 Finish For Connecticut, Another Questionable Ranking

Connecticut fares poorly in latest business ranking, along with other rich states.

Chalk up another ranking in the nasty column for Connecticut. The state ranks No. 43 among states for its business climate in the American Economic Development Institute/Pollina Corporate Real Estate rankings for 2014.

But take heart if you think these rankings are nonsense. Like all of the reports where Connecticut fares poorly, the AEDI/Pollina report relies largely on costs – taxes, workers compensation, energy and labor.

So the winners are the states that have less wealth and for the most part, smaller economies – in this case, in order, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Viginia, Kansas, North Dakota, Indiana, Missouri, South Dakota and South Carolina.

The bottom ten in the AEDI/Pollina report, starting with No. 50, are some of the states that truly drive wealth in America, along with some states whose economices are very broken, such as Rhode Island: